Rakhmat Akilov

Rakhmat Akilov (1978-) was an Uzbekistani-Swedish construction worker and Islamic State sympathizer who killed 5 people and injured 15 in a vehicle ramming attack in Stockholm on 7 April 2017.

Biography
Rakhmat Akilov was born in Uzbekistan in 1978 to a Sunni Muslim family, and he claimed asylum in Sweden on 10 October 2014, claiming that he had been tortured by Uzbek security forces after being accused of terrorism and treason. Akilov joined the Islamic State after moving to Sweden, and he encouraged friends and family to fight for IS. On 7 April 2017, he stole a Spendrups brewery truck, and he drove the truck into crowds of people in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, Sweden at 2:53 PM. 5 people were killed and 15 injured before his truck crashed, and a homemade bomb in the back exploded, setting the truck on fire and burning Akilov. Akilov jumped out and fled as firefighters headed to put out the fire, and Akilov was arrested at 7:55 PM in the vicinity of Marsta, north of Stockholm.